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Nvidia patents curved heating wires for optical imaging systems

Nvidia has filed a patent for a specific shape of heating wire used in imaging devices. The wire is made of repeating quarter-circle curves, with the size of each curve calculated based on the physical properties of the light used in the system.

Why it mattersThis is a technical improvement to the internal components of optical hardware, likely aiming to manage heat or light interaction more precisely in Nvidia's imaging products.

In the filing’s own words

The present disclosure is directed towards heating wire configurations for imaging systems. The heating wire configurations can include a periodic sequence of quarter-circle arcs. The radius of the quarter-circle arcs can be determined at least partially using a coherence length of an optical wavelength of a light emitted by a light source. The light can be interacting with the quarter-circle arcs.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A wire, comprising: a plurality of circular arcs, wherein: each of the circular arcs comprises a quadrantal arc; and each of the circular arcs has a radius determined at least partially using a coherence length of an optical wavelength of a light emitted by a light source, wherein the light is interacting with the circular arcs.

Facts

Company: Nvidia (NVIDIA Corporation)
Official title: HEATING WIRE CONFIGURATION FOR IMAGING SYSTEMS
Publication number: US20260292941A1
Application number: 19084577
Filed: Mar 19, 2025
Published: Sep 24, 2026
Inventors: 1
Claims: 20

Classified under

H05B 3/86 Electricity & electronicsH05B 3/265 Electricity & electronicsH05B 2203/003 Electricity & electronicsH05B 2203/031 Electricity & electronicsH05B 2214/02 Electricity & electronics

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